preface
The Three Prisons Rebellion, also known as Guan Cai Rebellion, is a war within the royal clan of the Ji clan in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and it is also the first clan turmoil in Chinese history, the second In the 800th year of the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion in the Western Han Dynasty, Zhou Gongdan successfully suppressed the opposition forces after the Three Prison Rebellion. On the one hand, he consolidated his regent status and the safety of King Cheng, and on the other hand, he laid a solid foundation for the long-term stability of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
The origin of the three prisons
Saying King Wu of Zhou demise Shang Dynasty After the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the vassals were widely divided into various places. Geng represents the legacy of Yin Shang.
According to the principle of "destroying a country without cessation of sacrifice" at that time, King Wu needs to give Wu Geng, the son of King Zhou, a certain status. First, it follows the tradition of the old system, and second, it can buy people's hearts and appease the remnants of Yin and Shang. , to show his generosity, benevolence and righteousness, and consolidate the Western Zhou regime.
So Ji Fa divided Wu Geng in the old place of Yin and Shang Chaoge , Wu Geng also became the third political force besides Ji's royal family and military meritorious courtiers.
However, as an outstanding statesman, Ji Fa is not as simple as pacifying and pretending. Wu Geng is the son of King Zhou after all, and his father was forced to set himself on fire in Lutai. How can you trust him?
In order to prevent Wu Geng from rebelling,Ji Fa further divided the Gyeonggi area around Chaoge into three small states: Bei, Yong, and Wei to monitor Wu Geng's every move, and this involved the issue of who to send.
The courtier Ji Fa with the foreign surname is not at ease, but his family is dependable after thinking about it. To say that Ji Chang is also very powerful, and had ten sons with Ji Fa's mother Tai Si .
In addition to the eldest son Boyi Kao was killed by King Zhou, the rest of the sons, Zhongji Fa is the second child, Zhou Gong Jidan is the fourth child, after the founding of the Western Zhou Dynasty, you are the chief minister, and he needs to preside over the government in the central government, it must be Not going to be a "guardian".
Among the remaining people, Ji Fa values his third brother, , Uncle Guan, the fifth brother, , Uncle Cai, and the eighth brother, , Uncle Huo. Thicker than water is the most reassuring, so the three younger brothers took office.
Uncle Guan supervises Wei in the area east of Chaoge, Uncle Cai supervises Wan in the area south of Chaoge, and Uncle Huo supervises Bei in the area north of Chaoge. prevent it from rebelling.
But are brothers sure to be reliable? The answer is not necessarily, in the face of interests, even brotherhood is unreliable.
In the second year after the enfeoffment, King Wu died of illness due to overwork. Before leaving, he appointed the young Ji Chan as the king, namely King Cheng of Zhou, Zhou Gong to exercise the power of regent.
According to King Wu's plan, there are three prisons outside as a barrier, and the Duke of Zhou assists the government inside. The country of Da Zhou should be stable.But King Wu never thought that a bloody storm was coming.
The Earliest Infernal Affairs in History
After the death of King Wu, King Cheng was too young. In order to stabilize the situation in the court, Duke Zhou, as a minister of entrustment, was determined to act as a king.
Duke Zhou knew in his heart that Da Zhou had just been established and had yet to gain a firm foothold. If he was careless, he would repeat the mistakes of Yin and Shang.
But there is one person who is very unhappy. This person is Uncle Guan. Uncle Guan is the third child of Ji's family. The eldest brother and the second brother died. He is the oldest.
According to the tradition of brotherhood and brotherhood, Uncle Guan felt that he should be the regent minister, but he didn't want to be taken advantage of by the fourth. Uncle Guan decided to fight against Duke Zhou.
In addition, Duke Zhou established an extremely strict hierarchy of etiquette, and the status gap between princes and kings was obvious and insurmountable.
Uncle Guan took this opportunity to join forces with Uncle Cai Huo, who was also dissatisfied with Duke Zhou, to prepare for the anti-week process, and Uncle Guan's series of operations made Wu Geng see it.
As the son of King Zhou, Wu Geng was originally the heir of the Shang Dynasty, but now he is under house arrest in disguise. United chaos.
At the same time, he colluded with the Fangguo, including Xu, Yan, Bogu, etc. from in the old land of Yin and Shang, and Dongyi, and rebelled against Zhou. chaos.
The brothers who took care of the enemy turned against each other and united with the enemy. If King Wu knew something from Jiuquan, he didn't know what to think.
The Duke of Zhou's Eastern Expedition , the Second Conquer the Yin
The slogan of the three supervisors' rebellion was "The Duke of Zhou tampered with the will of King Wu",In fact, people with discerning eyes can see that the facts are not important, it is who has the toughest fist that matters.
For Zhou Gong, the rebellion in Sanjian and Wu Geng and Dongyi areas has seriously threatened the security of Zhou Dynasty. At this time of burning eyebrows, Zhou Gong first united a group of powerful princes and ministers such as Zhao Gongshi, Then take decisive measures to lead the army eastward expedition.
Although the three prisons made a lot of noise, their territory was very small, and their political foundation was weak, so they were no match for the central forces of the Zhou Dynasty.
Duke Zhou, as the assistant who assisted King Wu to conquer the world with one hand, was the first of the founding fathers, with a solid political foundation, and was assisted by Taishi Jiang Ziya , so the three prisoners were not opponents at all, and they quickly defeated them.
Duke Zhou would not tolerate treason, not even a brother. Duke Zhou decided to kill his relatives righteously. First, he executed his third brother, Guan Shu, the mastermind of the treason, and then exiled Cai Shu and demoted Huo Shu to a civilian.
However, for Duke Zhou, the purpose of the Eastern Expedition was by no means to pacify the rebellion, but to completely eliminate the remnants of the Yin and Shang forces and expand the Zhou Dynasty _span.
Because when King Wu established the Zhou Dynasty, it was only to eliminate the core area of the Shang Dynasty, and the vast eastern nests were far from conquered, so Duke Zhou killed Wu Geng with the help of exterminating the three prisons. After all, there was no suitable reason before, this time finally solved this worry.
Then the Duke of Zhou was determined to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, continue the eastern expedition, pursued the Dongyi tribe fiercely, and gained momentum in the south of the Yangtze River, finally quelled the rebellion after three years of arduous struggle, and completely wiped out the Yin and Shang Dynasty. The remaining forces expanded the eastern territories and consolidated the newly established Western Zhou regime.
follow-up
After this counterinsurgency,In order to control the east and conquer the south, Duke Zhou created Luoyang as the east capital of . This place is located in the center of the world, with flat land and fertile fields for thousands of miles. land.
In this way, "Zongzhou" centering on Haojing in the west, the birthplace of the Zhou people, and " Chengzhou " centering on the Zhou Dynasty's rule in the east were formed.
The east and west echo each other and stabilize the rule of the Western Zhou Dynasty. After that, the Zhou Dynasty entered a historical period of stable development.
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